Ear-ring.



No. 869,965. PATENTED NOV. 5, 1907.

F. E. PARNHAM.

EAR RING.

APPLICIATION FILED JULY 2. 1907.

M TNEESES, /N VEN TUR,

PATENT ()FFIGE.

FRANK E. FA itNllAlVi, OF PROVIDENCE, .itiiOllE lhLANi).

EAR-RING.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Nov. 5, 1907.

Application filed July 2. 1907. Serial No. 381.924.

To all whom. it may concern:

lle if known that I, FRANK E. FAiiNliAM, a citizen of the United States, residing at Providence, in the county of Providence and State of Rhode island, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Ear-Rings, of which the following is a specification,

reference being had therein to the accompanying drawings.

Like reference letters designate like parts.

Figure l is an elevation of my improved ear ring, the imitation pearl and the setting of the same being shown in central diameirical section. Fig. "2 is a view of the resilient ear wire, as seen in side elevation. .Fig. 3 is an end elevation of said wire. Fig. 4 shows in elevation niy improved ear ring in position upon the lobe of the car.

My invention relates to that class of ear rings which are attached to the ear lobe by compressing the lobe by a resilient wire loop, thnsavoiding the piercing oi the lobe as formerly customary for the insertion of an ear ring, or the attachment of an ear jewel.

My invention consists of the novel construction and arrangement of the parts hereinafter described, as set forth in the claims.

The ear wire is preferably made of gold, or goldplated stock, and is designated as A in the drawings.

It is bent into a curve, substant'ally as shown. The

ear wire A has not only the intermediate or U-shaped bend a, but terminates at each end in a closed circular loop, one of which loops is shown at a and the other at a. 'lhe tip comes into abutment with upper portion of the ear wire, as best seen at b in Fig. 3, but indicated also at b in Figs. 1, 2 and 4. The closed loop end a is also bent transversely into the concave-convex form shown in Figs. 1, 2, and 4. i

ii is an imitation pearl or head of a general spherical shape. on its exposed portion, as seen in Figs. 1 and 4. it is filled with any suitable substance, such as wax, the. filling being marked C in Fig. l.

D is a button or cup made of gold or gold-plated stock, struck up by a die and plunger from a disk of such metal in sheet form. The convex part of the bution D projects towards the end or loop a. The button 1) has an annular grooved neck or flange (I. A washer or disk E of metal has a central perforation, through which a screw F passes. The head f of the screw is preferably riveted to the disk E, and the threaded portion of the shank of the screw enters and is embedded in the filling (l of the bead or imitation pearl B, thusholding the same in place. i

in assembling the earring, the screw F is inserted through the central aperture of the disk E, and the screw-head f is riveted in position. The disk E is then inserted in the cup D, while the annular flange is open suiliciently for that purpose. By a suitable tool said flange is eoncentrieally bent in a radial inward direction, thereby im-iosing and confining thedisk E therein, the flange at that time being tubular. 'lhis flange is then inserted through the loop a, and a suitable tool is used to form an outwardly flaring edge upon the flange, as illustrated in Fig. 1, thereby making a circumferential groove on the flange, in which groove the loop a is seated and engaged.

The cup I) is iilied with cement or glue, as usual, and the head or imitation pearl ii is screwed or pushed onto the projecting threaded end of the screw F, until it comes into close contact with the loop a, as illustrated in Fig. 4. When the earring has thus been assembled, only gold surfaces remain exposed.

To attach the earring to the ear, the resilient car wire A is easily sprung outwardly, to slightly enlarge the space between the button D and the transversely bent circular loop a, and in this condition is pushed over the ear wire G, up along the earlobe H (which in most persons is somewhat thinner than the ear rim G) until the bend a oi the ear wire A is in close proximity to the edge of the ear. When the ear wire A is released and allowed to spring back into its normal position, the button D presses the flesh oi the lobe H inwardly and crowds a portion tliereoi into the aperture in the circular open loop a of the opposite end of the ear wire A, as illustrated in Fig. 4, thus holding the earring firmly in place upon the ear, but with. so light a pressure as not to be noticeable.

I claim as a novel and useful invention and desire to secure by Letters Patent-- l. The improved our ring herein described, consisting of the combination of a wire spring substantially II-shaped in form and provided with two looped ends; a button secured in one of said ends; a perforated disk in said button a bend iiiied with a plastic material; and a screw mounted at one end in said disk and embedded at its threaded end in the filling of the bead.

2. The improved our ring herein described, consisting of the combination of a wire spring substantially II-shaped and having at each end a circular loop, which loops are arranged opposite each other; a button mounted in one-of said loops and extending inwardly; a bead mounted on said button and extending outwardly; and means for securing the bend in position upon the button.

3. The improved our ring herein described, consisting of the combination or a wire spring substantially U-shaped and adapted to embrace an ear lobe above the lower .rim of the ear and automatically to hold the ear ring in said position; a circular loop on each end of said wire, which loops are arranged opposite each other; a button mounted in one of said loops and extending inwardly; a bead mounted on said button and extending outwardly: and means for securing the bend in position upon the button.

4. The improved earring herein described, consisting of the comblnutlon ot a II-shaped resilient ear wire; a circular inop on one end of said ear wire; a button mounted on the other end oi. said our wire opposite to said circular loop; and a head mounted on said button. v

5. The improved our ring herein described, consisting of the combination of an ear wire; a button having a circumi'crentlully grooved neck; a circular loop on one end of the ear wire surrounding the neck of the button in engagement with said groove thereof; and a bead mounted on said button.

6. The improved ear ring herein described, consisting of the combination of an ear wire; a button having a circumtercntially grooved neck; a circular loop on one end of the ear wire surrounding the neck of the button in engagement with said groove thereof; a bead mounted on said button and in bearing contact with the circular loop and means of holding said head in place upon the button and in contact with the circular loop.

7. The improved ear ring herein described, consisting oi the combination of a U-shaptd resilient ear wire; on integral circular loop upon one end of the ear wire hcnt transversely in a direction at a right angle to said ear wire; a button having a circumferentially grooved neck;

an integral circular loop upon the opposite end of the ear wire and surrounding the neck of the button in engagement with said groove thereof, which last namedscircuhu' loop is opposite to the first named circular loop; a bond having a plastic filling; and a screw whose head is sup ported within said button and whose threaded shank is embedded in the plastic filling of the head, all so arranged that the pressure of the button upon the ear lobe produced by the resilience of the ear wire causes the part of the ear lobe so pressed to enter into and till the aperture of the transversely bent circular loop.

in testimony whereot I aiilx my signature in presence of 30 two witnesses. 

